Facing for walls and other surfaces.



No. 851,579. PATENTBD APR. 23, 1907. A. O. WHITNEY & O. L. WEYAND. FACING FOR WALLS AND OTHER SURFACES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1000.

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ALBERT O. WHITNEY, OF BRONXVILLE, D CHARLES L. WEYAND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 19, 1906. Serial No. 343.960.

Patented April 23, 1907.

To It whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT O. WHITNEY and CHARLES L. WEYAND, both citizens of the United States, ALBERTO. WHITNEY residin at Bronxville, county of Westchester, and tate of New York, and CHARLES L. WEYAND residing at the city of New York, county and State of New- York, have invented jointly a certain new and useful Facing for Walls and other Surfaces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a facing for walls and other surfaces, and the object in view is to provide a substitute for ceramic tiling now used largely in lavatories, bath rooms, and

numerous other places.

The wall facing of this invention may be regarded as metal tiling from the fact that it is composed of a sheet of material, usually metal, the exposed surface of which is treated to make it resemble a wall or facing composed of glazed tiles. The treatment referred to consists of embossing the sheet ma .which not only makes the material resemble ordinary glazed tiling, but performs the ime portant function of a preservative coating for the sheet material in preventing corrosion thereof, and the still further and important function of making the material thoroughly hygienic and sanitary.

The enameled and embossed sheet material of our invention is constructed with the especial purpose of installing'it in a manner to produce practically in visible joints between the edges of adjacent sheets, such invisible joints being at the end edges, or the side edges, or both', of a lurality of sheets employed as a facing or Walls, ceilings, and numerous other surfaces.

In the accompanying drawings we have shown one embodiment of the invention, but the construction shown therein is to be understood as illustrative only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation representing a portion of two sheets constructed in accordance with our invention, and joined along their longitudinal meeting edges by a substantially invisible joint; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section, on an enlarged scale, on the, line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of two sheets having interlocking relation, and joined along the adjacent edges thereof by a substantially invisible joint, as contemplated by this invention; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the irregular line 4 -4 of F i 3. l

lteferring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, A, B, designate two sheets of material constructed in accordance with our invention, for the purpose of providing thereby producing an ornamental and sani,

tary article of commerce.

As shown, the sheets A, B, are embossed for the purpose of making them resemble ceramic tiling, and the enameled coating 0 of said sheets gives them the effect of'glazed tiling. While the embossing of the sheets A, B, may be of any suitable nature, still in the embodiment of the invention shown by Figs. 1 and 2, such embossing produces parallel rows of channels 0, which extend longitudinally of the sheets, andtransverse channels (1, 'each opening into the longitudinal channels 0, thereby dividing the surface of the sheet into parallelograms which are defined or bounded by the channels a, d, the latter representing the mortarjoints, or bonding material between the rows of ceramic tiling.

In the installation of high grade enameled facings for walls, ceilings and the like, it is essential to join the adjacent sheets in a way which will racti cally conceal or make invisible the ine of juncture between two or more oints. We accomplish this object by providing a semi-channel at one or more edges of each sheet, and these sheets are assembled into abutting relation so that the semi-channels of the two sheets will meet each other, and thereby produce a complete channel, the line of juncture being along the bottom of the channel.

In the construction of Figs. 1 and 2, the sheet A is provided, at its lower edge, .with a semi-channel e; whereas the sheet B is provided at its upper edge with a semi-channel sheet, and said enameled coating is smoothed represented another embodiment of the inf. In the installation of the two sheets, A, B, the semi-channeled edges e, f, are assembled into abutting relation along the aforesaid edges, thereby producing a joint D, which is at the bottom of the channel produced by the registration of said semichanneled edges e, f, see Fig. 2. Although we have shown and described the sheets A, B, as the upper and lower sheets which are united at the lower and upper edges, respectively, of said sheets, it will be understood that each edge of each sheet may be joined to other sheets in a similar way, or by similar joints, as for example, the top edge of the sheet A maybe joined by a substantiallyinvisible joint with the bottom edge of another sheet next above it, or either or both end edges of the sheets, A or B, may be joined to other sheets placed to the right or left thereof in substantially the manner herein indicated.

In the manufacture of each sheet of ma terial, A or B, we may employ any suitable metal of the required thickness, length,'and width, and. in some instances, we have employed copper, zinc, and various other metals, or alloys of metals. The metal base sheet having been properly cleansed, we apply a coating of enamel to one surface of the and baked, thus producing the glazed effect which it is desired to impart to the sheet. We emboss the sheet either before or after baking the enamel thereon, and this embossing may be of any suitable pattern, ornamental or otherwise. As shown, the embossing produces the longitudinal and transverse channels which give the sheet the appearance of ceramic tiling, and after the embossing operation is completed, the sheet is out or' trimmed to the desired dimensions, care being taken to trim the edge or edges along the bottom portion of one of the channels thereof for the purpose of producing thepartial or semi-channel e or f, as hereinbefore described. The sheets thus prepared are ready for'the market, and may be installed quickly, by unskilled labor, and economica y.

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, we have vention wherein sheets A, B, are assembled in interlocking relation along their meetin vertical edges. It should be understoo that each sheetA, B, consists of a metallic base sheet a, and a coating b of enamel, each of. said sheets being, also, provided with longitudinal and transverse grooves c, d, which are produced by embossing the previously enameled layers of material a, b,

' substantially as hereinbeforedescribed. The

sheet A is provided along one of its vertical edges with notchesE, E, E thereby-producing tongues F, F. A semi-channel g ting relation.

around said tongues H, and notches I, eX-

tends a continuous groove or semi-channel h. The notches and tongues of the sheet A correspond to the notches and tongues of the sheet B, and each semi-channel, g or h, constitutes one half of a channel or roove. The sheets A, B, are assembled orfthe tongues of one sheet to fit into the notches of theother sheet. and vice versa, and the said channeled edges g, h, abut and register so as to produce an irregular joint D the latter being formed by the semi c'hannel g, of the sheet A and the semi-channel h of the sheet B. It will beunderstood that the tWo sheets are assembled into abutting and interlocking relation for the purpose of arranging them in the same plane, so that the joint D will be practically invisible. The installation and assemblage of the sheets may be carried out very easily and quickly, and the surface of the wall, ceiling, or the like, is ornamented and protected by a facing which,

in all respects, resembles ceramic tiling, and

good wearing and cleaning properby Figs. 3 and 4, may be su plemented by the addition of other sheets 0 material, such as the sheets A, B,-of Figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A facing for walls, ceilin comprising enameled material in sheet form,

each sheet being provided with notches and tongues, and said sheets being assembled in edgewise abuttmg relation, with the tongues s, and the like,

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of each sheet filling the notches of the next sheet. I

2. A facing for walls, ceilings, and the like, comprising enameled and channeled material in sheet form, one or more edges of the sheet being, substantially, at the bottom of the channel next to said edge, whereby adjacent sheets may be assembled in edgewise abut- 3. A facing for walls, ceilings, and the like,

comprising enameled and channeled material in sheet form, an edge portion of the sheet being cut through the bottom portion of one of the channels therein, whereby adjacent sheets are ada ted to be assembled for the semi-channele edges of said sheets to abut one another.

4. A facing for walls, ceilings, and the like, comprising channeled material in sheet along semi-channeled e -nele sheets assembled in abutting relation,

the sheets j oinin one another along semichanneled edges tiereof.

6. A facing for walls, ceilings, and the like, com rising a plurality of enameled and channele sheets each having notches and ton es, said sheets being assembled in interlodldng order and in edgewise abutting relation.

7. A facing for Walls, ceilings, and the like, comprising a plurality of enameled and channele sheets each having notches and tongues, said sheets being assembled in interlocking order and in'edgewise abutting relation, and the sheets Joining one another ges thereof.

8. A facing for walls,- ceilings, and the like, comprising a 'pluralit of channeled sheets having at their meeting edges interlocking tongues and grooves, said sheets meeting along semi-channeled edges thereof.

9. A facing for Walls, ceilings, and the like, com rising a channeled sheet, the ed '6 of Wnic is provided with a semi-channel,w ereby a plurality of sheets may be assembled in edgewise' abutting relation at the semi-channe ed portions thereof.

10. A facing for Walls, ceilings, and the like, comprising a channeled sheet, having a tongue and a notch at one or more of the ed es thereof, said sheet having a semi-channe atone or more of its edges, whereby a pluralit of sheets are adapted to be assemble in interlocking and edgewise abutting relation along the semi-channeled edges thereof. i

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnessesj ALBERT O. WHITNEY. CHARLES L. WEYAND. Witnesses:

H. I. BERNHARD, JAS. H. GRIFFIN. 

